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Selected Recordings


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Waxwing - Flicker Down

2021 - Songlines Recordings
Personnel:
Tony Wilson: electric guitar,
harmonica, kalimba, percussion, ektara; Peggy Lee: cello
Jon Bentley:
tenor & soprano saxophones, tank drum, synthesizers, percussion & bells, samples and programming

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Chris Gestrin - Crossing Time

2020 - Phonometrograph
Personnel: Chris Gestrin: piano, samples, loops & field recordings; Ron Samworth: electric & acoustic guitars;
Jon Bentley: tenor & soprano saxophones, alto & bass clarinets; André Lachance: acoustic bass; Joel Fountain: drums & cymbals

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Katherine Penfold - Sweetest Thing

2019 - Nettwork Music Group

Peggy Lee Echo Painting album

Peggy Lee - Echo Painting

2018 - Songlines Recordings
Personnel: Peggy Lee, cello; Jon Bentley, saxophones; Brad Turner, trumpet; Dylan van der Schyff, drums; James Meger, bass; Cole Schmidt, guitar; John Paton, tenor sax; Meredith Bates, violin; Roderick Murray, trombone; Bradshaw Pack, pedal steel guitar

Sharon Minemoto album Safe Travels

Sharon Minemoto - Safe Travels

2016 - Pagetown Records
Personnel: Sharon Minemoto: piano, rhodes; Adam Thomas: upright bass;
Jon Bentley: tenor and soprano saxophones, effects; Bernie Arai: drums

Waxwing album: A Bowl Of Sixty Taxidermists

Waxwing - A Bowl Of Sixty Taxidermists

2015 - Songlines Recordings
Personnel:
Tony Wilson: electric guitar; Peggy Lee: cello;
Jon Bentley: tenor, soprano, & c melody saxophones, alto clarinet, upright bass, percussion;


Paul Keeling album: Ancient Lights

Paul Keeling - Ancient Lights

2015 - Independent - *Nominated for West Coast Music Award*
Personnel: Jon Bentley: tenor saxophone; Brad Turner: trumpet; Hugh Fraser: trombone;
Paul Keeling: piano; Bernie Arai: drums; Adam Thomas: bass; Tristan Paxton: guitar; Toto Berriel: percussion

Peggy Lee Band album: Invitation

Peggy Lee Band - Invitation

2012 - Drip Audio - *Juno Nominated*
Personnel: Jon Bentley: tenor saxophone; Peggy Lee: cello; Brad Turner: trumpet; Jeremy Berkman: trombone;
Ron Samworth: guitar; Tony Wilson: guitar; Andre Lachance: electric bass; Dylan van der Schyff: drums

Peggy Lee Band album: New Code

Peggy Lee Band - New Code

2009 - Drip Audio
Personnel: Jon Bentley: tenor saxophone; Peggy Lee: cello; Brad Turner: trumpet; Jeremy Berkman: trombone;
Ron Samworth: guitar; Tony Wilson: guitar; Andre Lachance: electric bass; Dylan van der Schyff: drums

Chris Gestrin album: After the City Has Gone: Quiet

Chris Gestrin - After the City Has Gone: Quiet

2007 - Songlines Recordings
Personnel: Jon Bentley: soprano, C-melody, and tenor saxophones;
Chris Gestrin: piano, prepared piano, percussion; Joseph Pepe Danza: shakuhachi, percussion, hang, ney;
Ron Samworth: guitar; Miles Black: piano; Peggy Lee: cello; Bernie Arai: drums; Gordon Grdina: guitar, dobro;
Bill Clark and JP Carter: trumpets; Jeremy Berkman: trombone; Jesse Zubot: violin; Dylan van der Schyff: drums

Wilson/Lee/Bentley album: Escondido Dreams

Wilson/Lee/Bentley - Escondido Dreams

2007 - Drip Audio
Personnel: Jon Bentley: soprano, C-melody, and tenor saxophones, alto and bass clarinets;
Peggy Lee: cello; Tony Wilson: electric guitar, charango, and kalimba

Jillian Lebeck album: Songs and Melodies

Jillian Lebeck - Songs and Melodies

2007 - Talie Records
Jon Bentley: co- producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
Personnel: Jon Bentley: soprano and tenor saxophones, alto and bass clarinets;
Jillian Lebeck: voice, fender rhodes, wurlizter, bells; Evan Arntzen: clarinet; Seamus Blake: guitar, voice;
Miranda Clingwall: flute, electronics; Peggy Lee: cello; Paul Rushka: bass; Paul Townsend: drums

Fred Stride album: Forward Motion

Fred Stride Jazz Orchestra - Forward Motion

2007 - Cellar Live
Personnel: Jon Bentley: tenor saxophone and alto clarinet; Fred Stride: conductor;
Tom Colclough, Campbell Ryga, Chris Startup, Jens Christiansen, Alvin Cornista, Mike Braverman: saxophones;
Paul Baron, Derry Byrne, Brad Turner, Tom Shorthouse, Kent Wallace: trumpets/flugelhorns;
Dennis Esson, Rod Murray, Jeremy Berkman, Neil Nicholson, Brad Muirhead: trombones; Ross Taggart: piano;
Daryl Jahnke: guitar; Andre Lachance: bass; Bernie Arai: drums; Jack Duncan: percussion

UGETSU album: Live at the Cellar

UGETSU - Live at the Cellar

2006 - Cellar Live
Jon Bentley: co- producer
Personnel: Jon Bentley: tenor saxophone; Bernie Arai: drums;
Brad Turner: trumpet; Rod Murray: trombone; Andre Lachance: bass; Ross Taggart: piano

Jon Bentley Quintet album: Motions

Jon Bentley Quintet - Motions

2004 - Independent
Jon Bentley: producer
Personnel: Jon Bentley: tenor saxophone; Bernie Arai: drums;
Brad Turner: trumpet; Chris Gestrin: piano; Andre Lachance: bass

Jillian Lebeck album: Living in Pieces

Jillian Lebeck - Living in Pieces

2003 - Talie Records
Personnel: Jon Bentley: tenor saxophone; Jillian Lebeck: voice, fender rhodes, piano;
Paul Townsend: drums; Brad Turner: trumpet; Andre Lachance: bass

Chris Gestrin album: Stillpoint

Chris Gestrin - Stillpoint

2002 - Songlines Recordings
Personnel: Jon Bentley: soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, electronics;
Chris Gestrin: piano, synthesizer, sampler, electronics; Brad Turner: trumpet, flugelhorn, electronics;
Andre Lachance: acoustic bass; Dylan van der Schyff: drums, percussion, electronics

Millennium Project album: Simulasticity

Millennium Project - Simulasticity

2000 - Mo Funk
Personnel: Jon Bentley: tenor saxophone and electronics; JP Carter: trumpet, electronics;
Scott Sanft: keyboards; Dave Sikula: guitar; Scott Tucker: bass; John Raham: drums

Diversions album: American Prophecy

Diversions - American Prophecy

1998 - Independent - *Nominated for West Coast Music Award*
Personnel: Jon Bentley: alto and tenor saxophones, electronics;
Bernie Arai: drums; Chris Gestrin: rhodes, hohner pianet, chroma polaris